The new Sony A7S is currently the most popular, pocket sized cinema camera, offering unseen lowlight capabilities and dynamic range (A7S reviews here). But like every camera also the Sony A7S has weaknesses, one of them is its fragile micro-hdmi port that is prone to damage and connection loss. The solution: The new Lockport A7 to lock hdmi, just released, here for review.

Back in 2012, on-camera monitor specialists SmallHD released an innovative product for the Canon 5D mark ii. The HDMI port protector was a brilliant, simple design; it solved a massive headache I (like many other filmmakers) was having whilst operating my DSLR with an on-board monitor. Now, they’ve doing it again, for the more current 5D mark iii.

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